Many Injured as police allegedly baton- charge students protesting
Lahore
According to the sources of Daily Notable,injuries were reported after the Punjab Police on Monday allegedly baton-charged students protesting against on-campus exams in Lahore.
According to the Progressive Students’ Collective (PSC), its Lahore president Zubair Siddiqui, who was leading the protest, was arrested by police from the University of Management and Technology (UMT).
The PSC later tweeted that Zubair and some other students were “critically injured and have been taken to ICU (intensive care unit)” after they were allegedly baton-charged by police.
It added that students were gathering outside UMT to protest against “gunda gardi (thuggery) of Punjab Police which baton-charged students”.
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For their part, police denied reports of baton-charge. Saddar Division SP (Operations) Hafeezur Rehman Bugti told Dawn.com that police “have not tortured [any students], and will not torture”.
He added that no first information report (FIR) has been registered and police have asked the protesting students to hold negotiations with the university administration.
The official also said that nobody was arrested.
A spokesperson for UMT said that the university was “bound to follow directions given by the HEC (Higher Education Commission)”. He said that the university had held online exams in the past and would continue to follow government and HEC guidelines related to exams and classes.
Meanwhile, activist Ammar Ali Jan strongly condemned the incident, saying stability and balfrom both Covid-related as well as hunger-related deaths.
“Our strategy, fortunately, has worked well so far. But continuous efforts are needed to fully overcome the second wave of the virus. And also at the same time to maintain and stimulate economic growth,” the prime minister said.
He said the Covid-19 vaccines were now being administered in developed countries but seemed that it will take much longer time for the vaccine to fully cover the global South.
He viewed that sustainable development would remain elusive as long as the pandemic persisted. Developing countries are trapped between recovering from the pandemic and meeting their debt servicing obligations, he added.
He said in April last year, he had called for a ‘Global Initiative on Debt Relief’ for creating fiscal space and reviving economic growth for developing countries.
“But I am afraid much more needs to be done on this account. Otherwise, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by the target date of 2030 will remain a daunting challenge,” he remarked.-PUNA
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